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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-09-03
MONROE LOUISIANA SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 8 1887

controlled by his friends. If such be
the case, ask, is he suitable to be our
governor any longer? Gen. Nichols
is guilty of having done the same
thing when he was governor. Like
many Others admire him for his war
| record-God knows, I shall always
love and admire brave Confederate
soldier, as ii is natural for us to love
one another.
Now I ask why is it that Nichols
or McEnery must be governor of
Louisiana? Have we not other men
who are capable and whom the people,
the Democratic Party OF bota factions,
can heartily support; men who stand
far above reproach men who have no
favorites to crafty or pay; who owes
no man anything and will not rob the
State to pay it? I appeal to the peo-
pie to not listen to the claims of any
man for governor who is Iauded to the
skies by one faction and promise moth
ing and send delegates that they know
to be honest and patriotic to the con-
vention with instructions to select a
candidate for governor that every one
can vote for and tell him the reason
why they propose for him to be COVER
nor is because they believe he will
honestly have the good laws of the
State executed in a fair and impartial
manner to the whole peope, that our
liberties may be preserved and our
prosperity and happiness secured.
1t is for the people to say who shall
be governor. The government belongs
to you. If you don't speak out and say
for yourselves, one ring or the other
will have your vote for their man.
They have been nominated already by
a-few friends and newspapers. When
you go into convention you should do
SO without any personal obligations,
but aloof from all that and for the en-
tire people. Try to hunt up your man
that has an irreprOachabIe record and
one that will suit the entire Democratic
party without blame or blemish. II
know that nothing on earth but ma
jority OF votes will change the minds Of
the two factions, but hope and trust
thas the people will exercise such wis !
1om as will show that a few people |
say to the balance of us who
shall be our next governor. CADDo.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-09-03
Select q Third Man.

EDITOR EVENING JoURNAI.-I see
so much antagonism or bitterness in
tho Democratic party of this State, and
80 little being done to allay or bring
the party into better feeling, that I
thought l would write you, expressing
my Ideas in reference to the political
condition, hoping that may do some
good, as hold the idea that every
good citizen owes a part of his time to
his country in time Of peace as well as
in time of war.
am Democrat and have always
voted the Democratic ticket, and I
think will continue to do so as long as
l live. But I fear for the party as it
stands to-day in this State. Two fac.
tions arrayed against each other. using
towards each other the most bitter epi.
thets, and these factions foisted upou
the people by few party leaders who
control few newspapers, until they
have arrayed the whole State on one
side or the other, leaving the people to
choose between them.
NOW II IS patent TO my mind. and
hope hold the views Of many others.
that McEnery or Nichols are certainly
obligated TO their friends, and il that
be the case they cannot serve the great
State OF Louisiana in such manner as
tn do Justice to the whole people. Has
not Gov. NcEuery already disresarded
the petitions of the people in favor of
his friends? / think such official con-
duct can be proven on him. | do not
doubt that he is good MAN, but, like
mauy other good men, is too much
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-09-03
Philosophy Of Longevity.

Therc is much in modern life that
tends to shorten existence and to dim
inish the probability that a man or
woman will reach ninety, to say moth
ing of hundred. We lead moro ex.
citing and more wearing lives. It is
In vain that person has Il splendid
constitution to begin with, wears flap-
mel, or the equivalent of flannel, next
to his skin, dwells in warm, dry
house, and eats and drinks everything
that is good and wholesome, il at the
same time he habitually overtaxes his
strength, looks upon his muscles as
mere machinery to be driven at high
pressure, and ruthlessiy calls upon his
nerves to squander their reserve power
when every other source of energy is
exhausted. Men Or women who in
tend to be centenarians in these DAYS
must combine something of the old
mode of life with something of the new
mode of living. They must, while
availing themselves of all the scientific
discoveries and sanitary appliances of
the age, initiate their grandsires in the
steady and tranquil habits that pre-
vailed before the invention Of locomo-
tives and the telegraph. They must
have their eight hours of sleep regu,
tarly they must have intervals O: re-
pose and vacancy in the daytime they
must spend a goodly portion of their
waking hours in the open air. Nor
will that suffice there will have to be
regularity in the hours of their meals,
and discipline in the ordering of the
dishes of which tho meals are COM
posed. We cannot believe that any,
body will ever live to one hundred who
eats heavy dinner every night of his
life at eight o'clock. Champsgne in
and Bordeaux or Burgundy
al Hbit,A"', should be forsworn by per.
sons who deliberately set before them
the attaining of their hundredth BIRTH
day. Neither, with such an end in
view, would the active life of a politi-
cian, lawyer, or a doctor be sane
enterprise. In order to reach that dis
tant goal there must be training, if
not severe, at least regular and upflinch-
ing. Most of all there must prevail in
the existence OF such a person a tran
quill serenity; an unruflIed calm.
Neither generous passions nor enthusi-
astic ideals mus, be allowed admit
tance. The pulse must never be
driven up beyond Il certain point,
either by work, by anxiety, by fear, or
by hope. AT the same time, mere
will, in all probability, never
enable person to live to one hundred.
There is such thing as rusting out
as we'll as wearing out. If candle
does not burn brightly enough, il does
not consume the wax with rapidity,
for want of adequate combustion. 1t
is so, nodoubt, with the human body
and the human spirit Lonrlou .Hopl-
ddTd.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-09-03
A, WoAGAN,S WAY.

Among the water lilies, ono golden after-
nOOn-
June 80
Tho trees in all their beauty, 10 fresh and
Cast trembling, Meeting shadows, which
dimmed tho rivers sheen.
Among the water lilies
i didn't toll him 'Nay,"
And yet, say emphatic,
mover said him "YeN."
i've heard the world say, smiling
"oh, that's woman's wnyV'
We asked asked about tho river and how It slid
We talked about the stirring bird. mn, ,,..
tened to their song;
1 pl1oked two water lilies, with broad.
green, gripping leaves, IL
As We sailed heath trees which sl,e,tcrs.,
like overhangtng caves.
Among the water lilies
l didn't tell him "Nay,n
And yet, say emphatic,
i mover said him "Y0n,n
I've heard the world ~, smiling,
"oh, that's woman's way!"
or with the tide,
Crushing down tho water lilies ancnr a.,
every side; ~
Tho swallows almost touched as thev
skimmed the water DER.
"e .io,e ariited and we drifted, by tho rcedy,
Among the water lilies
I didn't tell him .'Nay." ''
And yet, I say emphatic,
never said him "YeNn
pve heard tho world say, smiling.
"Oh, that's a awoman's way -
IL seemed to me like fairylaud, twas alt 40
passing fair, " W.
With breath Of flowers ana music sweet
pervading nil tho mir ""~''
zen tho "Prince" was not a-wantinv. and
he acted out his part, "''>.
For he told mo OF his WAITING h,s thro,,-
bing, aching heart.
Among tho water lilies
l didn't say him MAY"
And yet 1t seemed unmnidenly
10 say emphatic "Yen."
I've heard the world SAY smiling.
"oh, that's wonan's way !""'
do not know what loye is, OF whicl, the
poets sing
know tbs something serious, IL most inn
portant thing
hut know I'm very happy, just as happy's
birds in June,
And God grant our lives lie aIwnvs mn
golden afternoon. '''~
Among the water lilies
l didn't toll him "Nayn
lsaid, with all my heart and soul,
A most emphatic "Yea,"
I've heard tho world say. smiling.
Oh, that's a woman's wayiV
-Isdbcl Gordon.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-09-03
INDEMNITY LAND CASES.
Secretary Lamar's Instructions IN the
Indemnity Land Casc OF the vicks.
burg. shreveport 4 Pacific Railroad.

In the case Of the Vicksburg, Shreve.
port and Pacific Road Secretary Lamar
said: The answer alleges thet the
lands granted by said act were the al
ternate odd numbered sections for six
sections In width on each side of said
road with a right to select indemnity
for lands lost In the granted limits
from the nearest tier of odd numbered
sections lying outside said limits aud
within fifteen miles on each side Of the
line Of the road that the line of said
road was definitely located In the year
1856 distance Of 1S9 miles, and the
lands both In the granted and indem-
nifty limits were Withdrawn by your
office on Jan. q, 1857 that In the year
1882 careful examination of the re-
cords of your Office was made to ascer-
tain the status Of each forty acre tract
In the odd numbered section "wbich Is
the entire limits of the grant," and
all OF the tracts found liable to the
satisfaction of the grant, were duly
selected by the agent of said company
In 1888, aud finally that by virtue OF
said selections the right of the company
attached TO said lands, and 1t would be
unjust and illegal for this department
to restore said lands to entry under the
settlement laws. If the correctness of
every allegation OF the company be
conceded, yet 1t does not appear that
any good reason Is shown why the or.
der Of withdrawal should not be re-
Voked 80 far as the same includes
lands within the indemnity limits of
the grant.
Nothing in the granting act requires
u withdrawal within the indemnify
limits. 1t was done simply as an ac,
Of departmental administration by vfr-
tue Of the general authority vested In
the executive In relation to the publjc
lands.
II, As the company alleges, II has prop.
erly selected any Of the lands within
the indemnity limits liable to the satis-
faction of losses within the granted
limits, 1t Is difficult to see in what re.
spect the company can complain should
the order OF withdrawal be revoked.
It is, therefore, considered that said an
swer Is insufficient and furnishes noyood
reason why said order Of withdrawal
should longer be maintained so far as
tho same covers lands within tho iu-
demnity limits OF said grant, and it is
hereby directed that all lands under
withdrawal, heretofore made and held
for indemnify purposes under the grant
to the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pa
ctffc Railroad Company, be restored to
the public domain and opened to set
tlement under the general laws, etc.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-09-03
THE BLUE BOOK.
100000 Democrats Inscribe Their
Names Therein.
Especial to The Item.1

Especial to The Item.]
WASHINGTON, Aug, 25.-Work has
begun on the new "Blue Book -
Every second year at about this time
may be seen certain individuals in the
departments hard at work collecting
the names OF the various employees OF
the government and making them up
in book form. The time of their ap-
pointment, place of birth, place where
employed, etc., are given. The new
book
WILL CONTAIN MORE CHANGES
than any other one ever issued. The
number of employees of the govern
ment, as is we'll known, now runs up
to nearly $4,000, including those In,
directly employed as contractors, mail
carriers, etc. 1t is probable that the
new blue book will contain the names
of nearly 100000 who were not on the
book under the late administration.
Among the $1,000 postmasters there
are not more than 10000 who were
there three years ago, and in nearly
az the other Offices the changes have
Been as great. In the Internal Reve-
nue. service, which employs an i'm.
mense number OF people, there is
NOT REPUBLICAN COLLECTOR LEFT,
and II Is safe to assume that II this ts
case with the Collectors, the same rule
follows with the subordinates. 1t is
probable that when the new blue-book
reaches the eye Of tho Democratic Con-
gressmen, next winter, he will find in
1t the names of a round 1O0, 900 Demo-
Gratis.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-09-03

object for observation in the early
morning hours, as he moves eastward
among the small stars of Cadcer, belug
about 9 southeast of Poltax aud about
the same distance northeast of Procyon.
He rises on the lst at 2 O'Clock In the
morning, and on the 3Oth abont half
hour after midnight.
MARS
is morning star. He Is still small In
Size and luster. At the Commence
ment Of the month he is about %
northeast OF Saturn, and may be found
with the aid of an opera glass. He
rises on the 1st soon after 2 O'Clock In
the morning, and on the 30th at quar-
ter before 2 O'Clock.
NEPTUNE
Is morning star, and is nearly ut his
greatest distance from the sun. He is
In the constellation Tauras, south of
the Pleiades, rising on the lst about a
quarter before 10 o'clock In the eveu-
ing, and on the 30th about a quarter
before s O'Clock.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-09-03
TIE FIRST CIGAR.
A quiet eve
beneath the
S t . + $, W j t h
brother s t eV

OrOther > teve
and two cigars.
Behind tho shod
we slowly creep;
tho folks abed, tho
world loop. l
strike Il light with
shaky hand, in such
IL fright l scarce can
stand. Like veterans
Sr III, wepu tfthe
smoke. My eyes grow
dim. I almost choke.
Another and another
pull. How bitter
sweet! My mouth is
full Of the iting
w eed. My stomach
turns; on, my !-how
sick !. My throat, too,
burns oh, help me.
quick. roll, l squirm,
with frightened look ;
just like a worm on
fishing hook. l cry for
Steve ; my cry's in
vain / sec him heave
with II wtul strain!
When hopo is fled,
there breaks n light.
behind that shed, up
on our pf & II t--and
dad is here: rs forth
we crawl, he grasps
my oar, and--let the
curtain fall. An in
terview next IN noru
we had. Our words
were few but then
our dad, bohind
I hat shed, he
show'd us stars
that till Pm
Il Q a Il our
first cigar
Hll not
for
ge-
I.
-Chnrics d. ,SLjU
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-09-03

The Japanese Prot. Nishigava is at
present studying the German art of
beer brewing at its source in Munich,
where he spent as much rs eight days
IN one brewery. He was seut thither
hy the Japanese government, which is
hesirous OF checking the growing con-
sumption of brandy, ana coniempIa-
ted the Introduction of German and
Lhgtish beer free OF duty, while put
ting high tax on stronger alcoholic
liquors.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-09-03

In the midst Of Il fervent extortation
to sinners Portland rcvivatist, who is
by business an auctioncer, exclaimed
"Tweniynine pvc got thirty shall i
have 'em? Bless tho Lord twenty
nine are saved who will como next I?
Shall have thirty ?'-IHc Eurth,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-09-03

a inan-eating shark, eight feet long
and with teeth half an inch in length,
has just been captured at st. John, n.
l.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-09-03

There are 5000 shooting and deer
forests in Scotland which afford con-
staat employment to about COCO men.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-09-03
Velocity OF Electrical Transmission.

Prof. Gould has ascertaincd TIM,
aerial telegraph wires on poles trans
init electricity nj the rate OF from Il, 600
20 l6,ooo miles per second, and that the
velocity of transmission increases with
tho distance between the wires and the
earth, or, IN other words, with the
highest Oi suspension.
Subterrahean wires, like submarine
cables, transmit slowly. While wires
suspended at feeble height transmit
signals Mt Il velocity of 1000 miles per
second, those that are suspended higher
give velocity Of from 10000 to "a, 900
miles. Whcat5tone's experiments In
1888 seemed TO show velocity Of 28S,-
600 miles per second; but this result
has never been confirmed. .--Lo Lu-
mi"f" E1cciriq"e.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-09-03

Our friend Brigham, of the More
house Sentinel, says 80 long as dozen
or so politicians give the people good
officers he Is unable to sec why they
should "kick" al such n beneficcnt
system OF government. This might
be, and no doubt il, McEnery Demo-
cracy, but II Is far from being in ac-
cord with the boastcd principles OF
"sway back" Democracy. In re-
public II should be the privilege Of
every one 10 freely ana equally exer-
else his right of choice in selection of
public officers; but Bro. Brigham
would agree that the Gar of Russia
might do this rs well be ukase, provi-
dcd bis autocraiship gave the people
good officers. Verify, Bor. Brigham's
Democracy is in need Of reformation. -
Boton Ro,,gc IrUW.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-09-03

The belief often expressed by men
that as they do not vote they have
nothing TO do with politics is a fallacy.
1t is said in one ward in Philadelphia
there arc 5000 non-voters, men who do
not go near the polls on election day,
and who declare they have nothing te
do with politics.
Well, politics has good dsal to do
with them. Everything they eat or
wear, everything they use in their
workshop, in their Office, in their
homes, falls under the jurisdiction Of
politics.
Politics sets Ii price on ell they sell
and fixes price TO eli they buy. 1t
determines the price of wheat, their
wages or business profits. Like others,
doubtless, they too complain of hard
times and yet do not disturb them.
selves to make them easier. The idea
that not TO vote removes man from
politics is delusion to be renounced.
jomfpf0 0f fHRc1 Io6or.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-09-03

"Prisoncr, you acknowledge having
stolen several bales OF hay from the
gentleman. What urged you To COM
NIT this crime :' "Iiunger, your
honor. ."-PdriS GouLOis.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-09-03

The TELEORArII One dollar per
year.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-08-28

The Canadian Pacific has not
only the financial backing of the
government subsidy, but it also
has the military backing of
Dominion troops to aid it in it's COM
petition with American lines for the
trade of the Northwest-a strong
combination against the interests OF
the United States and Manitoba.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-08-28

The government OF New South
Wales offers 800 900 acres of land
to any missionary society that will
undertake to civilize the natives.
The Mormons should bond the tract
at thirty days. 1t is their only
chance to get up boom.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-08-28
ROOMS AND THOSE WHO
MAKE THEM.
WHO

The following from the Salt Lake
Tribune exactly fits the case in Car
son:
Last year Los Angeles had tax
roll of $42 900 900. This year 1t is
500, 900 900. Last year San Diego
was assessed at $4,000, 900. This
year it is SIS, 900, 900. San Ben
nardino County shows gain of
$40, 900 900 in a year and Ventura
$4,000 900. One railroad has con-
tracted to carry 900 people to
that region during the coming
Autumn and Winter. Why do peo-
pie rush there? There are two rea-
sons. The first is, the climate is
good. The second is, they are well
coined when they get there. Why
do not some of the people stop
here? The reason is that, though
we have a good climate, strangers
are not welcomed by the majority.
But without discussing that, there
is still another reason. The people
here are not doing anything to con-
vince people that they believe in this
place, except it be Hle prices at
which they hold their real estate.
Had the people here, two years ago,
gone to work in earnest and built
the Wasatch * West Coast Ra
road, half the l50,00 people who
are going to Southern California
this Winter would have come this
way. Their fare from here TO
Southern California at $25, which
is less than half the rate by the c..
p. and S. p, would have amounted
to twenty per cent. OF what the
road would have cost. Had the
road been built, by This time about
twenty-five 40-ton furnaces would
have been smoking close by here !;
in the furnaces and railroad shops
some fifteen hundred men would
have peen at work that are not
there now. That would have |
meant an addition of seven |
thousand five hundred people. |
That would have necessitated a
great many new business houses,
which to build would have given |
employment to fifteen hundred
more men. That would have |
doubled up the price of property.
With that thrush of added people,
sewers and pavements would have
been a necessity, and fifteen hun
dred men now idle would have /
found steady work for several years
to come. Seeing all this going on,
one in ten of the meu going to Cal
ifornia would have said: .'What
better place can we find than this?
Let Ms stop off here" Hearing
the roar the men in Nevada and
Idaho and Montana who would
have made money, would naturally
have gravitated this way and made
and who sage the boom
would not have been upon this city?
Well, what is there to prevent
having this miracle worked in the
next two years? DULY two things.
The first is the iron rule which keeps
men in thraldom here, and which
them to instinctively, if not
repel strangers. The
other is the lack of nerve and COM
bined effort on the part of business
men to take advantage of the OPP
which their God and
their country have placed within
heir reach. It seems as difficult
to arouse the enthusiasm of one
class here as to break down the
blind superstition of the other. 1t
IS almost a clear case that by a
title organization and by the expen-
liture of a few dollars, dozen of
,ur business men could make more
money in two years than they bad
n twenty. And they had not the
and energy, apparently, to
tretch out their hands and pluck
he prize.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-08-25
Nothing to Conceal.

c. p. Huntington arrived in New
York from Europe Sunday evening,
nnd on interview he repeats Stanford's
prrot song: eve have nothing to
conceal that relates to the business of
the Central Pacific with the govern
ment. or course there are many bust
l;ss details of 40 interests to anybody
hut the railroad company" Pattison,
Iittler aud Anderson have an idea they
should be the judges to say whether
these little business details, whose aggre-
gate FIR exceeds the G.. =. business,
concern the government or not, and
not the criminals under investiga-
tom Evening Report.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-08-25
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
HCOPPEEeIHEADS.o

The Nevada Tribune would lead one
10 suppose that no one except ''cop-
perhend" ever sent substitute to the
War. We will not dispute the point,
Iut if the Tribune is correct a large
percentage of the wealthy Republicans
were coppcrhends, for we are personally
acquainted with quite q number of the
most radical war Republicans who
would neither 60 to the front them
selves nor let n son go, but stood ready
tn pay any amount for an able-bodied
substitute rather than risk their pre-
cious anatomy to the danger OF rebel
bullets 1t is the veriest nonsense to
charge that only "copperheads" sent
substitutes to the, war, as thousands of
both political parties, us well as those
who were without political principles,
sent substitutes to the army because
they thought more of their lives than
they did Of their money or the Union
Cause,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-08-25

The curtain had just dropped on the
Arst not md he already had his HIT
81 hand when she, putting her hand in
Ia hor pocket, said: Here dear,
taeaght you would want one, you
reeiint 90 ow," aud che handed linn
D cl3ye, ....
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-08-25
ROLL OF HONOR.

Following is the report of the Smith
Greek School for the quarter commend
ing April rs, 1887, and ending August
10 1897,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-08-25

Names Of pupils who attended rcgu-
hrly during the months are Willie
Toyn and Arthur Toyn.
ANNIE GRANT,
Teacher.